“It can be done humanely; it can be done logistically.”
Please tell us HOW.
There is really no way to gather up between 10 and 20 million people and ship them somewhere else without massive violence and mass casualties. Police would have to be involved in raiding houses and arresting people. Look how much trouble one Elian Gonzales raid was, and then repeat that 10 million more times. I don’t think I’ve heard anyone talk about just how they’d go about locating, gathering up, and shipping off that many people.
1) seal the border
2) make English the official language
3) turn off the magnet - no welfare benefits to non-citizens
4) establish a guest worker system where anyone in the county illegally has to register for a card to be allowed to work legally. Registering for that card establishes the location of the illegals, and gives an indication of the number of illegals that are really here. I’d bet it’s a lot more than 12 million.
Now that the influx has stopped, the magnet is off, and you know how many are here and where they are, figure out if and how you’re going to deport them.
Any solution that starts with “deport them all” unfortunately won’t work. They’re not going to politely raise their hands, line up, and go peacefully home. We don’t know where they are now, so what makes anyone think we could even find them all? Are we willing to raid a Catholic church that’s offering sanctuary?
I think it’s fine to criticize Newt, but I don’t think I’ve heard a workable plan that addresses the entire problem besides the one he is proposing.
Check out “Operation Wetback”.
The difference today is- Instant check of ID; a short turnaround on SSN’s, self-deportation ( or self-repatriation as I prefer to call it would proceed at at least a similar rate, provided no domestic sanctuary(ies).
The “anchor baby” interpretaion of citizenship needs to be clarified- I believe it is a misinterpretation of federal law.
Many US Citizens are out of work; returning military being cut out of the services could be employed doing this and securing the border simultaneously- these are “shovel ready” jobs at the federal level that would actually create a vacuum for jobs for unemployed Americans.